RAM

[Coffee Crisp]

Alright I am putting together a new PC with the following specs.

 

OS: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.

Motherboard - Asus P6T

CPU - i7 930 @ 2.8 ghz

GPU - ATI Radeon 5850 1GB (I already own this from my previous PC so it will not count towards the total cost.

HD - 500 GB 7200RPM SATA

PSU - OCZ StealthXStream 700W

Case - Cooler Master 690

 

And the big question is the Memory. I have already bought all of those things including an OCZ Kit with DDR3 (3)(1.0GB) @ 1600MHz. With the total price of about $1600 (Canadian Dollars including taxes) I was wondering if 3GB of Ram is way too subpar with the rest of my system and if you guys believe I should upgrade to maybe 6GB or 9GB in the near future? If yes, do you believe it is sub par enough that it's really necessary (100%) that I should consider dropping another couple hundreds on another OCZ kit or that 3GB will be fine?

 

Personally I believe that I can probably run this setup with 3GB RAM without noticing considerably any difference between the usual industry standard of 4GB. At the moment I cannot afford to get anymore RAM kits but I felt I needed to put that question out there so I wouldn't be surprised in the future.

[trakaill]

x58 use tri channel as you know... I would have gone 6GB from the start..

OCZ has a name but not the greatest...tbh I think youll eventually regret buying that PSU!

 

I dont know how much you saved but 6 GB from OCZ is pretty cheap that with a 650W corsair PSU would have been plenty power and just as cheap!

[König]

It depends if you want to take full advantage of 32 bit OS or minimal advantage of 64 bit.

 

Personally, there are not many benefits to 64 Bit so I say you have a killer 32 bit system.

 

Just my 2centzzzz. LOL

[Daze]

If you've got the 3GB already. Just leave it as it is until you have some free cash to spend on upgrading some time in the future. I'm sure it will work fine in the time being

[Wrathek]

probably nothing you will come across needs anything more than 4 gigs yet, and the difference between 3 and 4 unless you're multitasking like nobodies' business, is nill.

[Ámber]

True, Why arn't you taking enought of the 32bit system, 64bit is still not supported within all areas, also not support in the game world,

 

Also windows 7 isnt supportable for loads of games, this will be introduced on next year, all games will then be supported for win7

 

+ / - sides

 

win7 better quality, better graf / Less supportable

32/64bit Not a big diffrents between those only the functions will work better but its not a rip off to get it but its not the best deal

[Wrathek]

what the FUCK are you talking about? I have yet to run into anything unsupported 64bit wise, drivers or whatever.

 

Also, I'd like a list of ANY game you've deluded yourself into thinking isn't supported by windows 7. If its playable on vista, its playable on 7, hands down. If its playable on XP, its almost for damn sure playable on 7.

[KScorp]

Windows 7 allows for v64 (64-bit) applications. This doesn't mean ONLY x64 applications. It is completely backwards compatible with x86 (32-bit) applications. (However, x64 applications are not backwards compatible with x86 systems.)

 

Anyway, back to RAM, it depends on what you want to use your computer for. For games, 3GB should be plenty. However, 3GB will NOT be enough for multimedia editing, such as using Photoshop or After Effects.

 

Final note, you can always upgrade to 6GB if 3GB doesn't cut it.

[König]

 

Final note, you can always upgrade to 6GB if 3GB doesn't cut it.

 

Gotta love how easy it is to put in ram ^_____^

[An_Orange]

Ya you can wait to get some more ram you got some sick specs anyway :O